Japanese Word of the Day
読む
YO-mu • verb (Godan verb, transitive) — 11th of May, 2026
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Meaning: to read; to look at and understand written or printed material
Examples
- 本を読む。
(I read a book.) - メールを読みましたか？
(Did you read the email?) - 子供に絵本を読んであげる。
(I read a picture book to the child.)
Synonyms
- 閲覧する
- 拝読する
読む is the common verb for reading texts (books, articles, emails). It takes を for the object (本を読む). Polite: 読みます; past: 読んだ／読みました. 閲覧する is more formal/neutral (to browse/view); 拝読する is humble/formal (used when respectfully saying you read someone's writing). 読み取る is used when extracting or interpreting information from a text or data.
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